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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

Hypertension

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Within the past 6 months 6 to 12 months ago 1 to 2 years ago 3 to 5 years ago 5 or more years ago or never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 17,099 13,943 77.8 76.8-78.7 1,822 11.9 11.2-12.7 712 5.2 4.7- 5.8 333 2.6 2.3- 3.1 289 2.5 2.1- 2.9
-Eastern NC 5,521 4,590 79.0 77.3-80.7 519 10.7 9.6-11.9 212 5.2 4.2- 6.4 118 3.1 2.4- 4.0 82 2.1 1.5- 2.8
GENDER
Male 1,916 1,506 73.5 70.4-76.4 210 12.3 10.5-14.5 95 7.0 5.1- 9.5 61 4.3 3.0- 6.1 44 2.9 1.9- 4.3
Female 3,605 3,084 84.1 82.5-85.6 309 9.1 7.9-10.5 117 3.5 2.9- 4.3 57 1.9 1.4- 2.7 38 1.3 0.9- 2.0
RACE
White 3,688 3,060 79.5 77.5-81.4 349 11.1 9.7-12.6 142 4.7 3.8- 5.9 79 2.8 2.0- 3.8 58 1.9 1.4- 2.7
African American 1,355 1,165 83.5 80.3-86.3 112 9.4 7.4-11.9 44 4.0 2.6- 6.1 22 2.3 1.2- 4.3 12 0.7 0.4- 1.4
Other Minorities 460 347 64.4 56.3-71.8 58 11.2 8.0-15.4 26 11.2 5.6-21.1 17 7.1 3.9-12.8 12 6.0 2.9-12.2
HISPANIC
Hispanic 237 156 53.0 44.3-61.5 35 15.2 9.9-22.5 21 11.4 6.8-18.4 10 9.0 4.1-18.4 15 11.5 6.4-19.9
Non-Hispanic 5,277 4,427 81.1 79.4-82.7 484 10.3 9.2-11.5 191 4.7 3.7- 5.9 108 2.6 2.0- 3.4 67 1.3 1.0- 1.8
AGE
18-24 272 211 70.1 61.5-77.5 29 11.4 7.2-17.7 10 6.8 2.7-16.1 15 8.1 4.5-14.3 7 3.6 1.5- 8.1
25-34 768 577 71.5 67.2-75.4 91 13.0 10.3-16.2 57 9.6 7.0-12.9 27 3.9 2.4- 6.3 16 2.1 1.2- 3.6
35-44 989 750 75.0 71.5-78.2 148 15.0 12.5-18.0 52 5.4 3.9- 7.3 20 1.9 1.2- 3.2 19 2.6 1.5- 4.5
45-54 1,137 919 79.2 75.8-82.2 115 10.9 8.7-13.5 56 5.1 3.6- 7.1 26 2.4 1.6- 3.7 21 2.5 1.3- 4.8
55-64 1,035 918 87.2 84.3-89.7 63 6.6 5.0- 8.7 25 3.2 1.9- 5.3 18 2.1 1.2- 3.8 11 0.9 0.5- 1.8
65-74 762 704 91.1 88.1-93.4 39 6.3 4.3- 9.2 6 0.7 0.3- 1.9 9 1.4 0.7- 2.9 4 0.4 0.1- 1.1
75+ 531 493 93.4 90.5-95.4 28 4.3 2.8- 6.6 4 1.0 0.3- 3.1 3 0.7 0.2- 2.1 3 0.7 0.2- 2.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 850 706 73.0 67.6-77.8 61 8.4 5.9-11.9 32 6.0 3.9- 9.2 26 7.1 4.2-11.7 25 5.5 3.1- 9.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,826 1,494 77.1 73.7-80.1 178 11.6 9.6-13.8 82 6.6 4.3- 9.8 43 3.0 2.0- 4.3 29 1.8 1.2- 2.9
Some Post-H.S. 1,415 1,188 81.6 78.5-84.3 139 11.3 9.1-14.1 50 4.1 2.9- 5.6 27 2.2 1.4- 3.5 11 0.8 0.4- 1.8
College Graduate 1,423 1,198 83.5 81.0-85.8 139 10.2 8.4-12.2 47 3.7 2.6- 5.3 22 1.3 0.8- 2.1 17 1.3 0.8- 2.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 750 651 83.7 79.4-87.2 50 7.9 5.5-11.1 20 3.6 1.9- 6.6 19 3.6 2.0- 6.4 10 1.3 0.5- 3.0
$15,000- 24,999 1,019 821 73.0 68.1-77.3 95 10.9 8.2-14.2 41 6.3 4.0- 9.7 35 5.0 2.9- 8.4 27 4.9 2.9- 8.3
$25,000- 34,999 707 584 76.8 70.5-82.2 65 10.2 7.6-13.4 29 8.0 3.9-15.7 21 3.8 2.2- 6.5 8 1.2 0.5- 2.8
$35,000- 49,999 788 658 83.8 80.5-86.6 76 9.7 7.5-12.5 31 3.7 2.4- 5.7 11 1.4 0.7- 2.7 12 1.5 0.8- 2.6
$50,000-74,999 716 596 81.1 77.1-84.5 77 10.7 8.4-13.6 30 4.9 3.3- 7.3 8 1.9 0.8- 4.6 5 1.4 0.5- 4.0
$75,000+ 753 632 81.8 78.0-85.1 75 11.2 8.5-14.4 25 4.0 2.6- 6.2 14 2.2 1.2- 4.0 7 0.8 0.4- 2.0
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,877 1,670 85.7 82.5-88.5 115 6.9 5.5- 8.6 39 3.6 1.8- 7.2 32 2.5 1.5- 4.1 21 1.3 0.8- 2.1
No 3,491 2,795 76.2 74.0-78.2 387 12.2 10.7-13.8 167 6.0 4.9- 7.3 84 3.4 2.5- 4.6 58 2.3 1.6- 3.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 901 789 86.5 83.5-89.0 64 8.1 6.1-10.6 24 2.8 1.8- 4.4 12 1.3 0.7- 2.5 12 1.3 0.6- 2.7
Non-Veteran 4,605 3,789 77.4 75.4-79.3 453 11.2 10.0-12.6 187 5.7 4.5- 7.1 106 3.5 2.6- 4.6 70 2.2 1.6- 3.1

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^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.

** Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, Warren, and Washington.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

*** Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.

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